Hey Developers!: Build a location-based app, win $12,500

Just because the economy is down doesn't mean that there isn't cash kicking around in the name of innovation. Xtify and Intuit are offering "up to $12,500" to developers in a location-based service app contest to promote the Intuit Partner Platform.

As the PR folks put it:

To reward innovation in the use of location technology, Intuit and Xtify are offering up to $12,500 in prize money to the top location applications for two prizes: one determined by a panel of judges and second based on user adoption of entrant applications.

To enter the contest, entrants must create and release a small-business-focused application built on the Intuit Partner Platform that leverages Xtify's location-enabling platform. The Xtify API allows Web applications to utilize location data tracked by a thin client running on BlackBerry®, Google Android, Windows® Mobile and Symbian OS™ smartphones.

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